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title: The circuit became a radio instead
date: "2002-09-04T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1184
description: Researchers at the University of Sussex used genetic programming to evolve a sound-producing circuit. Unexpectedly, the evolutionary process exploited ambient electromagnetic signals, effectively turning the hardware into a radio receiver instead of the intended oscillator.
keywords: [genetic programming, evolutionary electronics, university of sussex, circuit design, radio receiver, emergent behavior]
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An interesting application of genetic programming. Two people at the University of Sussex wrote this genetic program to make a circuit produce sound. [The circuit became a radio instead](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992732).